Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

It used to be rare for an orbiting satellite to spoil astronomical observations, but the skies are much more crowded ever ...

Firefly Aerospace will team up with NASA to explore the lunar surface's Gruithuisen Domes, using sophisticated instruments ...

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...

Riddle Aeronautical University is proud to announce its Distinguished Guest Speaker Series featuring Dr. Richard Holdaway, ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

Lunar rocks retrieved by China’s Chang’e-5 mission reveal that the moon’s magnetic field lasted much longer than scientists ...

Australia is a land like no other. The world’s smallest continent and largest island, it’s a vast place that guarantees its ...

The NASA moon rock the US gifted Ireland from the Apollo 11 mission was burned in a fire, according to Ireland's National ...

The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet ...

The priceless lunar sample gifted to Ireland from the first moon landing was lost in an observatory blaze in the 1970s.

Our magnificent, life-giving Earth is a true holy land for all of us, writes guest columnist Jeff Vogel, a retired respiratory therapist in New York City who has been singing for peace and justice ...